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Mesut Özil's transfer to Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013 broke the club's transfer record at the time by £27.4m. [53] Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's £35m transfer to Liverpool in 2017 was Arsenal's highest fee received for a player transfer. [54] His record would later be matched by Folarin Balogun who joined Monaco for the same fee in 2023. [55]
Ian Wright is Arsenal's second-highest all-time goalscorer. Dennis Bergkamp has more appearances than any other overseas player. Patrick Vieira was captain from 2002 to 2005. Kenny Sansom preceded Tony Adams as captain, holding the post until 1988. Record goalscorer Thierry Henry, who was also captain from 2005 to 2007.
In 2005 Thierry Henry passed each player's totals, and so Bastin is Arsenal's third-top goalscorer of all time. His record of 150 league goals for Arsenal stood for slightly longer, being equalled by Henry on 14 January 2006 and surpassed by him in February of the same year. [3]
On 25 September 2017, Gareth Barry broke Giggs' record by playing his 633rd match, West Bromwich Albion's 2–0 loss at Arsenal. [5] At the time of breaking the record, Barry ranked 8th in English top division appearances since the Second World War, trailing Giggs in 6th (672 total top division appearances) and six other players.
However all these totals are dwarfed by the all time record holder, Everton legend Dixie Dean, who still holds the record for the most goals in a season with 60, set in the 1927–28 season. [10] Dean's 310 goals scored for Everton is still the record for most goals scored for one club, and also still holds the records for most hat-tricks, both ...
The all-time Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023–24 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2024–25 Premier League.
Wright scored 185 goals from 288 appearances (279 starts) for Arsenal, and scored eleven hat-tricks for them, a total surpassed only by Jimmy Brain and Jack Lambert. [38] [4] [39] As of the 2022–23 season, he is Arsenal's second highest goalscorer of all time, behind Thierry Henry who broke his record in 2005.
1× Player of the Season Selected in the Overall and Domestic Team of the Decade Selected in the 20–Year Anniversary Team Current all-time top goalscorer in the Premier League. [5] Thierry Henry: 258 175 FW: 1999–2007, 2012 Arsenal: 2× Champion 4× Golden Boot (all-time record) 2× Player of the Season (joint all-time record)